SIPRI | 16 March 2015 The United States has taken a firm lead as the major arms exporter globally, according to new data on international arms transfers published today by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Overall, the volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons grew by 16 per cent between 2005–2009 and 2010–14.…
Newsweek | 16 March 2015 An annual security assessment presented to the U.S. Senate by James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, has excluded Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah from its list of terror threats to U.S. interests, despite both being consistently included as threats in previous years. The unclassified report, issued by…
Washington Post | 17 March 2015 The Pentagon is unable to account for more than $500 million in U.S. military aid given to Yemen, amid fears that the weaponry, aircraft and equipment is at risk of being seized by Iranian-backed rebels or al-Qaeda, according to U.S. officials. With Yemen in turmoil and its government splintering, the…
Washington’s Blog | 17 March 2015 UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and India All Sign On … South Korea Next? Update: The Financial Times now reports that France, Germany and Italy have all agreed to join the China-led international development bank as well, “delivering a blow to US efforts to keep leading western countries out…
The Huffington Post | March 17, 2015 Legislation in Oregon and Washington state that would have made it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children failed last week in the wake of the recent measles outbreak that began in nearby California. The Washington bill, which would have outlawed parents from citing personal…
RT.com | March 17, 2015 Notwithstanding claims of being the most transparent administration ever, the White House now says that an executive branch office is exempt from United States Freedom of Information Act requests effective immediately. As of Tuesday, the Office of Administration will no longer have to heed FOIA requests — the likes of…
Child Health Safety | 13 Jan 2015 This confirmation vaccines cause children to die suddenly was published this month on the US National Library of Medicine’s website. For decades regulators and public health officials have insisted parents were wrong to blame vaccines when their children died suddenly shortly after vaccination. It was coincidence they would…
Justin Raimondo | AntiWar | 16 March 2015 Israel’s alliance with al-Qaeda Remember the brouhaha a few months ago when it was revealed that fighters of the Nusra Front, the al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, had seized territory adjacent to Israel? The “let’s intervene in Syria” crowd was up in arms: this supposedly proved the…
Eric Zuesse | Global Research | 16 March 2015 The American Government’s biggest lie in 2002-2003 was about Saddam Hussein and Iraq. We’ve already seen what that lie produced. It cost the U.S. more than $3 trillion, produced ISIS, and caused death and destruction in Iraq that make Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship look benign by comparison.…
Prof. Tim Anderson | Global Research | March 16, 2015 A multi-million dollar Australian Government funded project at the University of Sydney, linked to Washington A multi-million dollar Australian Government funded project at the University of Sydney, linked to spin doctors in Washington, is using a biased and secretive method to help discredit elections in a…